plant

/plænt/ v [T] (PUT SECRETLY)

Definition

› to put something or someone in a position secretly, esp. in order to deceive: She insisted that the real thief had planted the evidence in her car.

(Definition of plant v (PUT SECRETLY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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